16 p. : ill. ; 10 x 6 cm.

Undated. Date from publisher's form of name and years of activity at address, cf. P.A.H. Brown. London publishers and printers, p. 157

First sentence: "In winter's rude storm, when the tempests blow loud, And the hail drives full hard 'gaist the door, And babes run together, like lambs in a crowd, And cling to their mother, as, forth from a coud, Fresh and deep-roaring torrents still pour: When wolves through the forest in savageness scowl, And poor lambs cry for help, but in vain; And tigers for slaughter rush forward and howl, And wreckers, as cruel, do savagely prowl Round the shores of the dark-troubled main: 'Tis then the poor bark often sinks in the wave, And brave seamen go down to the dead; No harbour, nor vessel, nor mertal, save, to snatch one poor soul from a watery grave, Or in pity to hold up his head. "

Includes 2 woodcuts

Copy in McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections: bound with 22 other works subsequent to publication; with binder’s spine title: Tales etc.; marbled paper over boards

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